mpas_analysis.shared.timekeeping.utility.get_simulation_start_time¶

mpas_analysis.shared.timekeeping.utility.get_simulation_start_time(streams)[source]¶

Given a StreamsFile object, returns the simulation start time parsed from a restart file.

Parameters: steams (StreamsFile object) – For parsing an MPAS streams file
Returns: simulation_start_time (str) – The start date of the simulation parsed from a restart file identified by the contents of streams.
Raises: IOError – If no restart file can be found.